Hi, of course, I have checked the permissions of /var/spool/squirrelmail/data/ directory. Yesterday I set the permissions from /var/spool/squirrelmail/data/ to 777 to test it. The same error. This problem is not easy to solve. Bernd > Hi Bernd, > >> I have just installed Squirrelmail 1.4.15. >> >> The errors are the same. >> >> 1. Squirrelmail configtest said: >> >> SquirrelMail version: 1.4.15 >> Config file version: 1.4.0 >> Config file last modified: 18 June 2008 14:38:34 >> Checking PHP configuration... >> PHP version 5.2.5 OK. >> display_errors: >> error_reporting: 6143 >> variables_order OK: GPCS. >> PHP extensions OK. Dynamic loading is disabled. >> Checking paths... >> >> ERROR: Data dir (/var/spool/squirrelmail/data/) does not exist! >> >> 2. Squirrelmail login: >> Error opening ../data/default_pref >> Could not create initial preference file! >> /var/spool/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user httpd >> Please contact your system administrator and report this error. >> >> open_basedir is not set, safe_mode is off. > > did you check the permissions on the data dir? It should be accessible by > the apache owner. Also please check if removing the trailing / changes > anything. > > Roland. > > ---- > Roland Fritz > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > ----- > squirrelmail-users mailing list > Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines > List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user > List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ----- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users